Home Cinema Choice - Xmas 2021

In this issue

In this special yearbook issue of Home Cinema Choice, we revisit our favourite AV hardware from the last 12 months, ranging from 4K HDR TVs and projectors, AV receivers and speaker systems, to soundbars, subwoofers and more. And for UK readers, there's also the AV Tech Media Awards supplement, where you'll find our best-in-class selections alongside heroic hi-fi hardware nominated by our sister magazines Hi-Fi News and Hi-Fi Choice.

Elsewhere, in addition to our usual roundup of new 4K discs and Blu-rays, our annual Movie Awards (p21) celebrates the best releases of 2021 across Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray and TV. Spoiler alert: there's a lot of Godzilla vs Kong...

Planning to update your own movie room in 2022? Then be sure to also check out this issue's readers' systems (p106), and our Dream Theatre of the Year (p28) for inspiration.

Top-flight home cinema

Of all the custom installs we featured this year, this loft conversion project with innovative partition wall and plenty of disc storage space was our favourite.

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Reavon UBR-X200

Jon Thompson once wondered if he'd ever see a new universal disc-spinner, so this feels like a breath of fresh air...

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Apple TV 4K

John Archer is impressed by the new Apple TV – especially its remote – but questions how much of an upgrade it is from what’s gone before

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Lumagen Radiance Pro 5348

Lumagen has given its reference-class Radiance Pro video processor an upgrade, which excites Jon Thompson

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XTZ A2-300

Many AV receivers can now decode more channels than their onboard power amps can actually handle. Ed Selley auditions a stereo power pusher that's ready to help out

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Digital Copy

Mark Craven gets asked by a pal to help him streamline his CD listening, and ends up suggesting he buys a whole new amplifier instead

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Film Fanatic

Anton van Beek looks back over some of the movie disc releases and TV shows of 2021 that we wouldn't let him write about...

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AV Avenger

If you thought 2021 was all about streaming platforms, think again says Steve May, as he puts his Blu-ray player in for its annual service

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Home Cinema Choice Magazine Description:

Since 1995 Home Cinema Choice has been the must-buy magazine for AV enthusiasts. Published thirteen times a year, each issue provides in-depth, detailed reviews of the hardware products on your shortlist – from hi-def/4K televisions and projectors to AV receivers, speakers, Blu-ray players, soundbars and more. We also travel the world seeking out the latest tech and trends, provide advice and inspiration for your own cinema project and reveal the Blu-rays and DVDs you'll want to add to your collection.